[MR] Stefan's Florilegium files for August

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings to the Gentles of the Known World,

Here is a copy of my Florilegium article for August detailing what is  new 
in the Florilegium this month.

I will be leaving for Pennsic in a few days. I will be staying with  my 
household, SPCA, down by the lake next to the Orluk Oasis in  section W10. 
If anyone would would like to drop by and discuss the  Florilegium, or 
anything else, please do. Now is your chance to  deliver any comments, 
suggestions or criticisms about the Florilegium  directly to me.

I also will be teaching a class at this year's Pennsic on the  Florilegium.

"The Florilegium - What it is and is not, it's history and why it  exists. 
The useful and the weird stuff which can be found in the  files. How it is 
organized and why. Also some useful ideas on how  best to use it and various 
ways you can help with it".

Not knowing whether I would be able to make Pennsic this year I  requested a 
class time too late to get it into the published Pennsic  booklet. Alas, I 
have also been unable to contact the class organizer  and find out the exact 
time and date for when it has been scheduled,  but I requested a day early 
in the second week of the War. Please  look for it in the newly added 
classes notices at the War and come  find out more about the Florilegium.

Thanks,
  Stefan

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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past sixteen years in an ongoing effort, I have been  collecting 
bits of useful information from various newsgroups, mail  lists and articles 
submitted to me by their authors. In order to make  this information 
available to others, I have placed this information  in a series of files I 
call Stefan's Florilegium.

The Florilegium is on the web at: http://www.florilegium.org

I am always interested in new articles. If you have written an  article that 
would be of interest to others in the SCA, please send  it to me for 
possible inclusion in the Florilegium. Contact me for  more details.

I am also interested in volunteers who might be interested in helping  me 
maintain the Florilegium. Everything from collecting materials,  editing and 
web work is needed. Again, please contact me for more  details.

For those who would like to help support the Florilegium project in  another 
way, I have added a PayPal donation button on the top page of  the site. Any 
donations, while not tax deductible, do help pay the  overhead costs of 
keeping the site running.

     THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

Here are the new files for this month:
In the ACCESSORIES section:
   Signet-Rings-art      “A Brief Historical Summery of Signet Rings”
                            by Lord Gustav Minnesinger.
In the CLOTHING section:
   shoes-lnks            Links to info on medieval footwear by Dame
                            Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
In the ENTERTAINMENT section:
   Bowling-art          “Bowling” by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
   Cockstride-srt       “Cockstride” by THL Dagonell Collingwood.
   Shove-Groat-art      “Shove Groat” by THL Dagonell Collingwood
                           of Emerald Lake.
In the FEASTS section:
   EK-Crwn-Fst2-art     Review and Recipes for a French-style feast
                           for the EK Crown Tourny, AS 41 by Petru.
   Of-Course-art        "Of Course It's 'Course'! Remove 'Remove'!"
                           by Dame Alys Katharine, O.L., O.P.
In the FOOD-BREADS section:
   Ital-fnl-caks-art    "Italian Funnel Cakes" by Mistress
                           Helewyse de Birkestad
   Litle-Morsels-art    "Little morsels or biscotti from 16th cent.
                           Italy" by Lady Helewyse de Birkestad.
In the FOOD-SWEETS-DECORATED section:
   cakes-msg            Period cakes and cake recipes.
   Dresng-t-Dish-art    “Beyond the Soeltie: Garnished, Fringed,
                           Dressed and Flourished”
                           by Donna Serena da Riva.

Here are some of the updated files.
   bev-water-msg        Water as a beverage in period.
   birth-control-msg    Period birth-control.
   camp-ovens-msg       Small period and SCA camp ovens.
   chocolate-msg        History and description of early chocolate.
   coffee-msg           Coffee and coffee-type drinks.
   exotic-meats-msg     Period and SCA exotic meats. Swans, ostrich,
                           crawfish, dormice, cat.
   fd-Ireland-msg       Medieval Irish food. references. recipes.
   flour-msg            Types of flour. Sources. Period flour.
   galangale-msg        Period use of the spice galangale.
   gourds-msg           Gourds, pumpkins, squash. Recipes.
   greens-msg           Period cooked, leafy vegetables.
   sops-msg             Slices of bread soaked in a sauce.
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Copyright 2006, Mark S. Harris.
Permission to reprint in SCA-related publications is hereby granted  if the 
contents are left unchanged and the author is notified of the  publication. 
Notification may be by email and reformatting is allowed.

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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas           
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org ****